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Buzz: Jobs in Napa grew 6.9% in the year ending in January, the country's fourth-fastest hiring speed.
Source: My trusty spreadsheet took a look at city work information at the start of 2023 for 389 metropolitan areas.
Topline
Napa employers added 4,700 employees in the year to 72,900. Napa's unemployment rate was 3.9%, down 0.9 points in the year.
Only two Texas metros-- Midland (11.4% task growth) and Odessa (7.8%)-- and Manhattan, Kansas (7.3%) had much faster working with paces in January.
Metros adding the most jobs over 12 months included
New York (375,200),
Dallas (234,100),
Los Angeles-Orange County (218,400),
Houston (152,900) and
Chicago (122,400).
Information
California managers included 594,500 employees statewide in the 12 months ending in January, up 3.5% to a near-record 17.77 million. Just Texas (668,000) added more employees nationwide.
The cooling economy and numerous employers restoring pre-pandemic staffing levels have slowed hiring. California task growth was 8.5% in January 2022.
California managers likewise are challenged to discover talent. Statewide unemployment was 4.6%, down 1 portion point in the year.
Bottom line
Napa's success belongs to a somewhat odd California pattern: Despite layoff news swirling around Silicon Valley and the technology industry, these statistics show bosses in Northern California are improving payrolls at the fastest rate in the state.
When ranking 26 California metropolitan areas for 1 year job development,
San Diego was the only Southern California task market in the statewide leading 10.
Here's how 25 metros (omitting Napa) fared, ranked by task growth …….
Madera: 4.9%-- up 2,000 jobs in a year to 42,900. The joblessness rate was 7.5% in January, down 0.2 portion points over 12 months.
Yuba City: 4.8%-- up 2,300 to 50,400, joblessness 8.1%-- down 0.1 points.
Fresno: 4.3%-- up 15,900 to 382,500, unemployment 7.5%-- down 0.5 points.
San Diego: 4.2%-- up 62,700 to 1.55 million, joblessness 3.7%-- down 0.9 points.
San Jose: 4.2%-- up 46,700 to 1.17 million, unemployment 3.1%-- down 0.5 points.
Santa Rosa: 4.2%-- up 8,200 to 204,900, joblessness 3.6%-- down 0.7 points.
Salinas: 4.1%-- up 5,700 to 144,100, unemployment 8.8%-- down 0.9 points.
Hanford: 4%-- up 1,600 to 41,500, unemployment 8.7%-- down 0.4 points.
San Luis Obispo: 4%-- up 4,600 to 118,900, unemployment 3.5%-- down 0.6 points.
El Centro: 3.8%-- up 2,100 to 57,000, joblessness 16.2%-- up 1.3 points.
Santa Cruz: 3.8%-- up 3,700 to 99,900, joblessness 6.2%-- down 0.4 points.
LA-Orange County: 3.6%-- up 218,400 to 6.25 million, joblessness 4.6%-- down 1.4 points.
Stockton: 3.4%-- up 9,100 to 273,200, unemployment 6.3%-- down 0.7 points.
San Francisco: 3.3%-- up 79,300 to 2.48 million, unemployment 3.3%-- down 0.7 points.
Visalia: 3.3%-- up 4,400 to 138,300, unemployment 9.9%-- up 0.4 points.
Sacramento: 3.2%-- up 32,900 to 1.06 million, unemployment 4.3%-- down 0.7 points.
Merced: 3.1%-- up 2,100 to 70,800, joblessness 9.7%-- down 0.3 points.
Santa Barbara: 2.8%-- up 5,300 to 195,300, unemployment 4.5%-- down 0.7 points.
Vallejo: 2.8%-- up 3,800 to 139,100, unemployment 4.8%-- down 1 point.
Modesto: 2.7%-- up 4,800 to 185,500, unemployment 6.5%-- down 0.5 points.
Bakersfield: 2.4%-- up 6,700 to 287,400, joblessness 8.1%-- down 0.3 points.
Chico: 2.4%-- up 1,800 to 77,200, unemployment 5.6%-- down 0.2 points.
Ventura County: 2.1%-- up 6,300 to 311,400, joblessness 4.2%-- down 0.7 points.
Inland Empire: 2.1%-- up 33,900 to 1.66 million, unemployment 4.4%-- down 1 point.
Redding: 1.8%-- up 1,200 to 68,800, unemployment 5.7%-- down 0.4 points.
Jonathan Lansner is business writer for the Southern California News Group. He can be reached at jlansner@scng.com.
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